Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 2 July 2020

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response

Impact of Covid-19: Education – Return to School and School Transport

Mr. Paul Rolston:

Absolutely, and we have highlighted on a number of occasions that those with special needs should be supported and focused on. On the cost of this, of course funding is finite, but we have seen massive investment in business and in other activities to get Ireland back up and running and the education of our children is just as important. That is why in our opening statement we referred to the fact funding must be found as it has been found for business and elsewhere in our society. Funding must be found for our schools to ensure that our children are looked after properly. That should be a priority as much as getting our economy back; our education of our children is our future economy and we must see investment in that.

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